Top team ... Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis at the 2013 Academy awards. Photograph: Paul Buck/EPA

Steven Spielberg may reunite with Daniel Day-Lewis, the Oscar-winning star of historical biopic Lincoln, according to Deadline. The pair are considering the project Thank You for Your Service, about soldiers dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder after tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, by screenwriter Jason Hall.

The news is buried in a feature about Hall that details his journey from wannabe actor to one of Hollywood's most in-demand writers. Thank You for Your Service, based on the forthcoming book by Pulitzer prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel, is still under consideration, and actor and director may yet decide to pass.